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Meanwhile, over across the pond, the EU is looking at imposing safety gear on circus workers, based on stepladder height regulations. Yes, that means trapeze artists with hard hats<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Obviously the EU needs to catch up with the US. Instead of passing a regulation, they should just have legal groups send threatening letters to circus owners, requiring them to post warning signs to their employees about exactly how dangerous high wire work is …<\/p>\n

(More commentary on this here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meanwhile, over across the pond, the EU is looking at imposing safety gear on circus workers, based on stepladder height regulations. Yes, that means trapeze artists with hard hats. 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